Schools · Great Falls
Great Falls, MT schools
Great Falls’s public schools score close to Montana’s averages: 47% of students are proficient in reading against 46.2% statewide, and 83% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.9%. Kids attend CORE School at Morningside El.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B
Great Falls’s School Grade: B
The public schools Great Falls’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 55% of Montana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
B-Test scoresCGraduation
Montana school districts we grade (237)Better than 55%
Lower resultsHigher results
Montana towns with similar household incomes (163)Better than 50%
High confidence. Built on 4,906 tested students and a graduating class of 739; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Montana’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Montana only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Montana with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Great Falls kids go to school
Grades K–6
CORE School at Morningside El
297 students · Great Falls Great Falls Elementary School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Close to the state in reading
Reading (grades K–6, Great Falls Elementary)47%
State average 46.2%
Reading (Great Falls High)39%
State average 46.2%
Math (grades K–6, Great Falls Elementary)37%
State average 34.6%
Math (Great Falls High)27%
State average 34.6%
Graduation · class of 2020
83% graduate on time
Graduation rate
83%
MT: 84.9%
Graduating class
739
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #25 of 36 MT towns →
Districts
Two districts serve Great Falls
Great Falls Elementary School DistrictGrades PK–8 · 17 schools · 6,890 students
$12,441 per studentMT $13,570BGreat Falls High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 2 schools · 2,960 students
$11,284 per studentMT $13,570C+Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 24 schools in Great Falls
Showing 1–24 of 24 schools
Meadow Lark SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 527 students
A+PublicRiverview SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 445 students
APublicGiant Springs ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 431 students
C+PublicWest ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 421 students
C-PublicSacajawea SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 405 students
B+PublicSunnyside SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 396 students
BPublicLoy SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 392 students
A-PublicLincoln SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 373 students
BPublicLewis & Clark SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 338 students
C+PublicMountain View SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 315 students
CPublicValley View SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 312 students
C+PublicCORE School at Morningside ElElementary · Grades K–6 · 297 students
PublicLongfellow SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 263 students
DPublicChief Joseph SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 260 students
A-PublicWhittier SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 187 students
DPublicMT Sch For Deaf & Blnd ElElementary · Grades PK–8 · 20 students
PublicEast Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 764 students
B-PublicNorth Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 764 students
B+PublicGreat Falls High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,548 students
CPublicC M Russell High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,412 students
B-PublicMT Sch For Deaf & Blnd HSHigh · Grades 9–12 · 15 students
PublicFOOTHILLS COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL
PrivateGREAT FALLS CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
PrivateOUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC SCHOOL
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.